This summit will cover the latest trading and technology challenges affecting the buy-side in an ever-changing financial and regulatory landscape, as well as innovative strategies for optimizing trade execution, managing risk and increasing operational efficiency, while keeping costs to a minimum.

WatersTechnology and Sell-Side Technology are pleased to present the 7th annual North American Trading Architecture Summit.
Bringing together technologists, architects, software developers and data center managers from the financial community to discuss the latest issues in trading technology.

Hosted by WatersTechnology, the Waters Rankings voting will be open to every investment firm, hedge fund, and exchange across the globe and will give recognition to technology and service providers for their offerings.

The aim of the awards is to recognize the leading technologies and vendors in their area of expertise, through an auditable and transparent methodology underpinned by the input and experience of six judges - four buy-side-focused technology consultants and Buy-Side Technology's editors.

This white paper considers grid's place in a cloud-enabled world, addresses options for optimizing onsite system performance, and discusses alternative on-premises solutions such as hardware acceleration and supercomputers.

Stress testing and scenario modeling is essential for any financial institution (FI) that wants to survive market shocks and increased regulatory scrutiny. This report tracks developments in the marketplace, suggests best practice and provides an overview of the available risk technology support systems.

The regulatory impetus to collect more data from a greater number of sources could produce new business insights, but that will require firms to rethink their approaches to data management and automation. Joanna Wright reports from Sibos 2016

Defining a singular version of financial data information is being weighed against adaptability for diverse users, risk data experts are saying. Michael Shashoua hears the implications for BCBS 239 compliance

Registration of legal entity identifiers has been far more common in the US and Europe than in Asia, with regulations the driving force. Wei-Shen Wong finds out if regulators in Asia are following suit and mandating their use